“Any business that may be working with a facility that’s in Canada, Mexico or from a foreign country, they can land here, they can go conduct their business, they can come back and then they can head home. So, I think it’s nice for the whole Northeast Ohio region.”

McQueen says the new terminal will serve Fortune 500 companies that rent space at Akron-Canton.

The U.S. customs facility is the airport’s latest addition to the $110 million CAK 2018 capital improvement plan.